Friday, September 09, 2016

Friday's Forgotten Books, September 9, 2016

Today was supposed to be anthology day. I changed the date when personal life got in the way but some of these were obviously meant to be part of that topic. I apologize. I should have sent out an email.

I’ve
been a fan of Max Allan Collins ever since I discovered the Nathan
Heller books during a low period in my life when I haunted the local
library for a couple of years when the money got tight. Gradually I’ve
filled in as many of the old titles as I could while keeping up with the
new ones as they emerged.

The Quarry books are a particular favorite, the hitman turned-well not exactly an angel-but a man with his own system of honor.

Nowadays,
armed with the Broker’s old list of hitmen, which he was once a part
of, he makes his living finding them, watching for a target, and
offering these folks protection. For a fee of course. He’ll get rid of
the killers and find out who hired them. For another fee naturally.

Now
in the small town of Stockwell, he finds himself involved in something
more. And he goes about learning the truth in his usual methodical
manner, all the while with an eye on his back.

Mr. Collins does his always superb job of building his story and surprising the reader more than once along the way.

Most
excellent. Now all I need is to read the short stories that accompanied
one edition of a novel in the series. I don’t think they’ve been
released in another venue such as an ebook(hint, hint). We miss you, Randy!

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Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.